B2 Extension Airline Ticket Question

[jupiter2]

I'll keep this I-539 question brief (I tried to find related material on the forum archives):

1. Do we need to extend a six month ticket to a one year ticket at a cost of $360 to show the return ticket for the end date of the requested extension?

2. Related to 1.), has anyone ever heard of an I-539 form being processed in less than 45 days? We live near the California Service Center, but I'm sure that they have an awesome workload. As I understand it, typical processing times are around 2.5 months. If that is the case, then we need to extend the ticket anyway. Otherwise, if our application was denied within a month, for example, then we lost a lot of money (I understand that life is a gamble, though). However, I would assume that taking an overly conservative approach and NOT extending the ticket would guarantee that the application would be denied anyway.

Hopefully, this is a simple question for someone here. Thank you in advance.

[jupiter2]

Disregard Message

Okay, everyone, I have my risk-adverse wife convinced that I'll take the gamble and the blame if I fail, but I'm going for an extension and including the converted ticket like I need to, to show further proof of intention. I doubt the service center will respond before the visa expiration as it is, so we will need to extend the ticket anyway. Gambling with the BCIS is easier than gambling with the temper of my wife when it comes to money!